Abu Suleiman al-Naser

Abu Suleiman al-Naser

Abu Suleiman, Head of the ISIL Military Shura Council
Born Neaman Salman Mansour al Zaidi
Other names Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman
Predecessor Abu Ayman al-Iraqi[1]

Military career

Allegiance Islamic State of Iraq (April 2010–April 2013)
ISIL
(April 2013–present)
Years of service 2003–present
Rank Head of the Military Shura Council[1]
(7 November 2014–present)
Battles/wars

War on Terror
Iraq

Syria

Military intervention against ISIL

Abu Suleiman al-Naser[2] was the War Minister of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI). He is the current Head of Military Shura of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS).[1]

Little is known about Abu Suleiman. He succeeded Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, who was killed along with ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in a joint operation by US and Iraqi forces in Tikrit in April 2010, as the Minister of War for the Islamic State of Iraq. The new war minister signed with the name Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman, a nom de guerre that translates "Defender of God’s Religion, Father of Suleiman". His real name is Neaman Salman Mansour al Zaidi.[3]

He is reported to have once been detained at Camp Bucca prison in Basrah province.[4] He may have once been the governor of Anbar.[5]

Iraqi security forces claimed to have killed Suleiman in February 2011, in the city of Hīt, west of Baghdad.[6] However, the ISI denied his death a month later.[7] Al-Naser has not made any public statements since he’s announcement as war minister and it is not known what role, if any, he has played in the organisation since it developed into the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and strengthened it’s insurgency against the Iraqi Government.[8]

Late on 7 November 2014,[9] a US airstrike targeted a meeting of top ISIL leaders in Mosul, Iraq, killing 20 ISIL militants, including Abu Ayman al-Iraqi, ISIL's Head of Military Shura at that time. He was replaced by Abu Suleiman al-Naser as ISIL's Military Chief.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://www.ibtimes.com/if-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-killed-who-caliph-islamic-state-group-1721638
  2. ↑ A picture of Abu Suleiman al-Nasser, dated 1 February 2011, at the site of Bill Warner, PI.
  3. ↑ "Al Qaeda in Iraq's security minister captured in Anbar". Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Photos of AQI's top 2 leaders". Long War Journal. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.alsumaria.tv/news/34869/exclusive-photos-of-al-qaeda-leader-in-iraq
  6. ↑ "Iraqi forces kill al-Qaida 'war minister' in raid". Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "ISI Denies Death Of Its Minister Of War". Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham's quiet war minister". Long War Journal. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11219630/Islamic-State-leader-Abu-Bakr-al-Baghdadis-close-aide-killed-in-US-air-strike.html